Business class air fares in the UK will rise, the Chancellor confirmed today in the Spring Budget, breaking a pledge to the airline industry. Jeremy Hunt said he would make …
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Spring Budget 2024: Changes to ‘unfair’ child benefit withdrawal for £50,000-plus earners
Chancellor Jeremy Hunt has announced reforms to the “unfair” High Income Child Benefit Charge, which will see the levy assessed on a household basis starting in 2026. Under rules introduced …
Spring Budget 2024: Hunt confirms vaping tax and one-off tobacco duty hike to fund NI cut
Jeremy Hunt has confirmed the UK government will introduce a tax on vaping and e-cigarettes during his Spring Budget 2024 announcement, in a bid to raise the funds necessary for …
Spring Budget 2024: Hunt cuts National Insurance in election play worth £10bn
Jeremy Hunt has announced the rate of National Insurance (NI) will be cut from 10 per cent to 8 per cent in the Spring Budget as the government gears for …
Spring Budget 2024: Is levelling up coming to Canary Wharf? Hunt injects £243m into new homes in banking district
Canary Wharf is set to receive a multi-million-pound cash injection to build more homes in the capital’s banking district. As part of the Spring Budget, Chancellor Jeremy Hunt announced he would …
Spring Budget 2024: Hunt pledges £170m to make justice system ‘fit for the modern era’
Jeremy Hunt has promised £170m in order to deliver a justice system “fit for the modern era” during his much-vaunted Spring Budget. Hunt stated that “too many legal cases, particularly …
Spring Budget 2024: AstraZeneca to invest £650m in Cambridge and Liverpool
AstraZeneca is to invest £650m in the UK, Chancellor Jeremy Hunt has announced in his Spring Budget. The pharmaceuticals giant will expand its footprint on the Cambridge Biomedical Campus and …
Spring Budget 2024: Business leaders livid ‘overwhelming’ case for one tax cut didn’t land
Bosses including the chief of Marks and Spencer and the head of British Airways have reacted with fury this afternoon following the Chancellor’s decision to snub calls for the end …
Hunt’s tax cuts are just traps for Labour
Hunt’s budget has done little to turn Tory fortunes around, but it will make Labour’s job harder, writes John Oxley Today’s budget will be one of the last set pieces …
Origin sees Ava DuVernay on fine form exploring racism
This winter will mark ten years since Ava DuVernay’s breakthrough drama Selma. The Martin Luther King biopic became that spark that drove the #OscarsSoWhite movement, while also establishing DuVernay as …